The parking lot of your apartment can be a challenging place. Whether there are no assigned spots and when you get home from school or work you have to park like a mile away from your place or you have an assigned spot that someone else keeps taking, there is something that can always go wrong.
There is an elderly woman in my apartment community (One of my neighbors to be exact!) who drives a huge white Hummer H2. Why she drives this massive car, I have no clue, but she is constantly having issues parking it. One, she can't see out of it because she is more than likely losing her quality of eyesight, and two, the thing is massive trying to fit in in the spaces.
It's gotten to the point that I and other witnesses have seen her bump other cars with her door getting out, nearly take off their bumpers and mirrors with the girth of her huge machine, and almost run a person over on one occasion. I have begun parking my car far enough away, just so I know she isn't going to knock off my mirror.
It's never appropriate to do anything harmful to the other resident or their vehicle, so in a lot of cases, you just have to live with it and do what I did...find ways to work around it.
I cannot stress to you all the importance of having a good amount of respect to your fellow resident. It goes way beyond the fact that they know where you live or "what goes around comes around." Most communities have surveillence and security so if you feel vindicated by doing damage to another resident's vehicle....you will more than likely get caught.
By the same video token...if you contact your insurance company about damage assessed to your own vehicle, whether it be from the white haired old Hummer driver or a vandalist, you should check with your apartment management and see if they have any surveillance video of the issue. Keep in mind that they may not have it, but its worth the thought!
The important thing to remember is that you are sharing the parking lot with many, many other residents and there is no time for parking wars.
And if you are young and spry, let the old lady in the Hummer park close...you can walk a little. You might even benefit from the exercise.
